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|lshtext=<b>ignāvus</b>: a, um, adj. in-gnavus, [[navus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[inactive]], [[lazy]], [[slothful]], [[idle]], [[sluggish]], [[listless]], [[without]] [[spirit]], [[cowardly]], [[dastardly]] (syn.: [[iners]], [[socors]]; opp.: [[strenuus]], [[alacer]], [[fortis]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., of [[living]] beings (freq. and [[class]].): homines, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 49: si non fecero Ei [[male]] [[aliquo]] pacto, me esse dicito ignavissimum, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 27: [[quid]] [[ergo]] [[ille]] ignavissumus mi latitabat? id. Trin. 4, 2, 82; 1, 2, 128; id. Poen. 4, 2, 24: [[homo]] inertior, ignavior, [[magis]] vir [[inter]] mulieres proferri non potest, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192: [[ignavus]] [[miles]] ac [[timidus]], id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.: compertum [[habeo]], milites [[neque]] ex ignavo strenuum [[neque]] fortem ex timido exercitum oratione imperatoris fieri, Sall. C. 58, 1: feroces et inquieti [[inter]] socios, ignavi et imbelles [[inter]] hostes, Liv. 26, 2, 11: ignavissimus ac fugacissimus [[hostis]], id. 5, 28, 8: ignavissimi homines (opp.: fortissimi viri), Sall. C. 12 fin.: [[canis]] Ignavus adversum lupos, Hor. Epod. 6, 2: (apes) Ignavaeque [[fame]] et [[contracto]] frigore pigrae, Verg. G. 4, 259: ignavum, fucos, [[pecus]] a praesepibus arcent, id. A. 1, 435: [[genus]] ignavum [[quod]] [[lecto]] gaudet, Juv. 7, 105.— Subst.: cedentibus ignavis et [[imbecillis]], Cic. Rep. 1, 32: in [[bello]] [[poena]] ignavis ab imperatoribus constituitur, id. Caecin. 16, 46: in [[victoria]] vel ignavis gloriari [[licet]], adversae res [[etiam]] bonos detractant, Sall. J. 53 fin.; cf.: gloriam, honorem, [[imperium]] [[bonus]] [[ignavus]] [[aeque]] sibi exoptant, id. C. 11, 2: favimus ignavo, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 73.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With gen.: legiones operum et laboris ignavae, Tac. A. 11, 18; cf.: possis [[ignavus]] haberi et subiti [[casus]] [[improvidus]], si, etc., Juv. 3, 272.<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> Of inanim. and abstr. things ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): quae vitia non sunt senectutis, sed inertis, ignavae, somniculosae senectutis, Cic. de Sen. 11, 36: nemora, i. e. [[unfruitful]], Verg. G. 2, 208: [[globus]], i. e. [[immovable]], Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 33; cf. [[gravitas]], Ov. M. 2, 821: stagna jacentis aquae, Luc. 5, 442: ignavo stupuerunt verba palato, i. e. [[speechless]], Ov. Am. 2, 6, 47: [[mora]], id. A. A. 1, 186: anni, spent in [[idleness]], id. Am. 1, 15, 1; cf. [[otia]], id. Tr. 1, 7, 25: septima lux, i. e. the Jewish Sabbath, Juv. 14, 106: ignavum conferunt [[stipendium]], [[only]] [[money]], not soldiers, [[arms]], etc., Vell. 2, 39, 1: [[sucus]] [[meconium]] vocatur, [[multum]] opio ignavior, weaker, [[less]] [[efficacious]], Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202: quorundam [[flos]] [[tantum]] jucundus, reliquae partes ignavae, ut violae ac rosae, [[without]] [[smell]], id. 21, 7, 18, § 37: [[cornicula]] [[ante]] oculos ignava, i. e. of no [[use]], id. 11, 28, 34, § 100: ignavum est rediturae parcere vitae, Luc. 1, 492.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of things [[that]] [[produce]] [[inactivity]] or [[indolence]], [[that]] renders [[slothful]] or [[inactive]]: nec nos impediet [[illa]] ignava [[ratio]], quae dicitur: appellatur [[enim]] [[quidam]] a philosophis ἀργὸς [[λόγος]], cui si pareamus, [[nihil]] [[omnino]] [[agamus]] in [[vita]]. Sic [[enim]] interrogant: Si [[fatum]] [[tibi]] est, etc.... Recte [[genus]] hoc interrogationis ignavum et [[iners]] nominatum est, [[quod]] [[eadem]] ratione [[omnis]] e [[vita]] tolletur [[actio]], relaxing, Cic. Fat. 12, 28 sq.: [[frigus]], Ov. M. 2, 763: [[aestus]], id. ib. 7, 529: [[dolor]], Plin. 11, 18, 20, § 64.—Hence, adv. in [[two]] forms, ignāvē and ignā-vĭter.<br /> <b>(a)</b> Ignave, [[sluggishly]], [[slothfully]], [[without]] [[spirit]]: ne [[quid]] abjecte, ne [[quid]] [[timide]], ne [[quid]] [[ignave]], ne [[quid]] serviliter muliebriterve faciamus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: dicere [[multa]], [[flatly]], [[tamely]], Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 67.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Ignaviter, [[lazily]], [[sluggishly]], [[tardily]]: [[ignaviter]] quaerere, Lucil. ap. Non. 513, 14; Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2.—<br /> <b>b</b> Comp.: carpere ignavius herbas, Verg. G. 3, 465. | |lshtext=<b>ignāvus</b>: a, um, adj. in-gnavus, [[navus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[inactive]], [[lazy]], [[slothful]], [[idle]], [[sluggish]], [[listless]], [[without]] [[spirit]], [[cowardly]], [[dastardly]] (syn.: [[iners]], [[socors]]; opp.: [[strenuus]], [[alacer]], [[fortis]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., of [[living]] beings (freq. and [[class]].): homines, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 49: si non fecero Ei [[male]] [[aliquo]] pacto, me esse dicito ignavissimum, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 27: [[quid]] [[ergo]] [[ille]] ignavissumus mi latitabat? id. Trin. 4, 2, 82; 1, 2, 128; id. Poen. 4, 2, 24: [[homo]] inertior, ignavior, [[magis]] vir [[inter]] mulieres proferri non potest, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192: [[ignavus]] [[miles]] ac [[timidus]], id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.: compertum [[habeo]], milites [[neque]] ex ignavo strenuum [[neque]] fortem ex timido exercitum oratione imperatoris fieri, Sall. C. 58, 1: feroces et inquieti [[inter]] socios, ignavi et imbelles [[inter]] hostes, Liv. 26, 2, 11: ignavissimus ac fugacissimus [[hostis]], id. 5, 28, 8: ignavissimi homines (opp.: fortissimi viri), Sall. C. 12 fin.: [[canis]] Ignavus adversum lupos, Hor. Epod. 6, 2: (apes) Ignavaeque [[fame]] et [[contracto]] frigore pigrae, Verg. G. 4, 259: ignavum, fucos, [[pecus]] a praesepibus arcent, id. A. 1, 435: [[genus]] ignavum [[quod]] [[lecto]] gaudet, Juv. 7, 105.— Subst.: cedentibus ignavis et [[imbecillis]], Cic. Rep. 1, 32: in [[bello]] [[poena]] ignavis ab imperatoribus constituitur, id. Caecin. 16, 46: in [[victoria]] vel ignavis gloriari [[licet]], adversae res [[etiam]] bonos detractant, Sall. J. 53 fin.; cf.: gloriam, honorem, [[imperium]] [[bonus]] [[ignavus]] [[aeque]] sibi exoptant, id. C. 11, 2: favimus ignavo, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 73.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With gen.: legiones operum et laboris ignavae, Tac. A. 11, 18; cf.: possis [[ignavus]] haberi et subiti [[casus]] [[improvidus]], si, etc., Juv. 3, 272.<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> Of inanim. and abstr. things ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): quae vitia non sunt senectutis, sed inertis, ignavae, somniculosae senectutis, Cic. de Sen. 11, 36: nemora, i. e. [[unfruitful]], Verg. G. 2, 208: [[globus]], i. e. [[immovable]], Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 33; cf. [[gravitas]], Ov. M. 2, 821: stagna jacentis aquae, Luc. 5, 442: ignavo stupuerunt verba palato, i. e. [[speechless]], Ov. Am. 2, 6, 47: [[mora]], id. A. A. 1, 186: anni, spent in [[idleness]], id. Am. 1, 15, 1; cf. [[otia]], id. Tr. 1, 7, 25: septima lux, i. e. the Jewish Sabbath, Juv. 14, 106: ignavum conferunt [[stipendium]], [[only]] [[money]], not soldiers, [[arms]], etc., Vell. 2, 39, 1: [[sucus]] [[meconium]] vocatur, [[multum]] opio ignavior, weaker, [[less]] [[efficacious]], Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202: quorundam [[flos]] [[tantum]] jucundus, reliquae partes ignavae, ut violae ac rosae, [[without]] [[smell]], id. 21, 7, 18, § 37: [[cornicula]] [[ante]] oculos ignava, i. e. of no [[use]], id. 11, 28, 34, § 100: ignavum est rediturae parcere vitae, Luc. 1, 492.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of things [[that]] [[produce]] [[inactivity]] or [[indolence]], [[that]] renders [[slothful]] or [[inactive]]: nec nos impediet [[illa]] ignava [[ratio]], quae dicitur: appellatur [[enim]] [[quidam]] a philosophis ἀργὸς [[λόγος]], cui si pareamus, [[nihil]] [[omnino]] [[agamus]] in [[vita]]. Sic [[enim]] interrogant: Si [[fatum]] [[tibi]] est, etc.... Recte [[genus]] hoc interrogationis ignavum et [[iners]] nominatum est, [[quod]] [[eadem]] ratione [[omnis]] e [[vita]] tolletur [[actio]], relaxing, Cic. Fat. 12, 28 sq.: [[frigus]], Ov. M. 2, 763: [[aestus]], id. ib. 7, 529: [[dolor]], Plin. 11, 18, 20, § 64.—Hence, adv. in [[two]] forms, ignāvē and ignā-vĭter.<br /> <b>(a)</b> Ignave, [[sluggishly]], [[slothfully]], [[without]] [[spirit]]: ne [[quid]] abjecte, ne [[quid]] [[timide]], ne [[quid]] [[ignave]], ne [[quid]] serviliter muliebriterve faciamus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: dicere [[multa]], [[flatly]], [[tamely]], Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 67.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Ignaviter, [[lazily]], [[sluggishly]], [[tardily]]: [[ignaviter]] quaerere, Lucil. ap. Non. 513, 14; Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2.—<br /> <b>b</b> Comp.: carpere ignavius herbas, Verg. G. 3, 465. | ||
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|gf=<b>ignāvus</b>,⁹ a, um (in et [[gnavus]]),<br /><b>1</b> sans activité, indolent, mou, paresseux : [[iners]], ignava [[senectus]] Cic. CM 36, une vieillesse inerte et indolente ; [[homo]] ignavior Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 192, un homme [[plus]] apathique || ignavissimus ad muniendum [[hostis]] Liv. 9, 4, 8, ennemi très mou pour ce qui regarde les retranchements, cf. Tac. Ann. 2, 78 || [avec gén.] : legiones operum et laboris ignavæ Tac. Ann. 11, 18, légions paresseuses pour tout ce qui [[est]] travaux et fatigues<br /><b>2</b> sans cœur, lâche, poltron : [[ignavus]] [[miles]] ac [[timidus]] Cic. Tusc. 2, 54, le soldat lâche et craintif ; ignavissumi homines... fortissumi viri Sall. C. 12, 5, les [[gens]] les [[plus]] lâches... les hommes les [[plus]] courageux ; [[ignavus]] [[animo]], [[procax]] ore Tac. H. 2, 23, lâche de cœur, hardi de parole || [pris subst<sup>t</sup>] ignavi Cic. Cæc. 46, les lâches<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] sans force, sans vertu, improductif : ignava nemora Virg. G. 2, 208, bosquets inutiles ; [[sucus]] [[ignavus]] Plin. 20, 202, suc sans vertu, sans action || inerte : [[gravitas]] ignava Ov. M. 2, 821, une pesanteur inerte, impossible à mouvoir, cf. Plin. 2, 33<br /><b>4</b> qui engourdit, qui rend mou : ignavum [[frigus]] Ov. M. 2, 763, le froid qui engourdit ; [[ignavus]] æstus Ov. M. 7, 529, la chaleur amollissante || ignava [[ratio]] ([[ἀργός]] [[λόγος]]) Cic. Fato 28, raisonnement paresseux, qui supprime toute action ; [[genus]] interrogationis ignavum [[atque]] [[iners]] nominatum [[est]] Cic. Fato 29, on a appelé paresseux et inerte ce genre d’interrogation. | |||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ignāvus: a, um, adj. in-gnavus, navus,
I inactive, lazy, slothful, idle, sluggish, listless, without spirit, cowardly, dastardly (syn.: iners, socors; opp.: strenuus, alacer, fortis).
I Lit., of living beings (freq. and class.): homines, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 49: si non fecero Ei male aliquo pacto, me esse dicito ignavissimum, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 27: quid ergo ille ignavissumus mi latitabat? id. Trin. 4, 2, 82; 1, 2, 128; id. Poen. 4, 2, 24: homo inertior, ignavior, magis vir inter mulieres proferri non potest, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192: ignavus miles ac timidus, id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.: compertum habeo, milites neque ex ignavo strenuum neque fortem ex timido exercitum oratione imperatoris fieri, Sall. C. 58, 1: feroces et inquieti inter socios, ignavi et imbelles inter hostes, Liv. 26, 2, 11: ignavissimus ac fugacissimus hostis, id. 5, 28, 8: ignavissimi homines (opp.: fortissimi viri), Sall. C. 12 fin.: canis Ignavus adversum lupos, Hor. Epod. 6, 2: (apes) Ignavaeque fame et contracto frigore pigrae, Verg. G. 4, 259: ignavum, fucos, pecus a praesepibus arcent, id. A. 1, 435: genus ignavum quod lecto gaudet, Juv. 7, 105.— Subst.: cedentibus ignavis et imbecillis, Cic. Rep. 1, 32: in bello poena ignavis ab imperatoribus constituitur, id. Caecin. 16, 46: in victoria vel ignavis gloriari licet, adversae res etiam bonos detractant, Sall. J. 53 fin.; cf.: gloriam, honorem, imperium bonus ignavus aeque sibi exoptant, id. C. 11, 2: favimus ignavo, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 73.—
(b) With gen.: legiones operum et laboris ignavae, Tac. A. 11, 18; cf.: possis ignavus haberi et subiti casus improvidus, si, etc., Juv. 3, 272.
II Transf.
A Of inanim. and abstr. things (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): quae vitia non sunt senectutis, sed inertis, ignavae, somniculosae senectutis, Cic. de Sen. 11, 36: nemora, i. e. unfruitful, Verg. G. 2, 208: globus, i. e. immovable, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 33; cf. gravitas, Ov. M. 2, 821: stagna jacentis aquae, Luc. 5, 442: ignavo stupuerunt verba palato, i. e. speechless, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 47: mora, id. A. A. 1, 186: anni, spent in idleness, id. Am. 1, 15, 1; cf. otia, id. Tr. 1, 7, 25: septima lux, i. e. the Jewish Sabbath, Juv. 14, 106: ignavum conferunt stipendium, only money, not soldiers, arms, etc., Vell. 2, 39, 1: sucus meconium vocatur, multum opio ignavior, weaker, less efficacious, Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202: quorundam flos tantum jucundus, reliquae partes ignavae, ut violae ac rosae, without smell, id. 21, 7, 18, § 37: cornicula ante oculos ignava, i. e. of no use, id. 11, 28, 34, § 100: ignavum est rediturae parcere vitae, Luc. 1, 492.—
B Of things that produce inactivity or indolence, that renders slothful or inactive: nec nos impediet illa ignava ratio, quae dicitur: appellatur enim quidam a philosophis ἀργὸς λόγος, cui si pareamus, nihil omnino agamus in vita. Sic enim interrogant: Si fatum tibi est, etc.... Recte genus hoc interrogationis ignavum et iners nominatum est, quod eadem ratione omnis e vita tolletur actio, relaxing, Cic. Fat. 12, 28 sq.: frigus, Ov. M. 2, 763: aestus, id. ib. 7, 529: dolor, Plin. 11, 18, 20, § 64.—Hence, adv. in two forms, ignāvē and ignā-vĭter.
(a) Ignave, sluggishly, slothfully, without spirit: ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave, ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: dicere multa, flatly, tamely, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 67.—
(b) Ignaviter, lazily, sluggishly, tardily: ignaviter quaerere, Lucil. ap. Non. 513, 14; Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2.—
b Comp.: carpere ignavius herbas, Verg. G. 3, 465.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ignāvus,⁹ a, um (in et gnavus),
1 sans activité, indolent, mou, paresseux : iners, ignava senectus Cic. CM 36, une vieillesse inerte et indolente ; homo ignavior Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 192, un homme plus apathique
